POSTAGE STAMPS
(1935)

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MICHEL 565
SAAR VOTING
(MOTHER WITH CHILD)
3Rpf

BACKGROUND: This is the first of 4 stamps that was issued to commemorate the SAAR vote on 13th Jan 1935. These stamps were the only official self-adhesive stamps designed by a woman during the Third Reich period. Fraülien Emmy Glintzer designed these stamps, but she also designed another stamp, a pre-printed stamp used on the official WHW P254 series of postcards. The imagery is meant to represent the German Empire (mother) welcoming the Saarland (daughter) back into the arms of the German family.

VALIDITY: 16th Jan 1935 to 31st Dec 1936
VALUE: 3Rpf
COLOUR: dark reddish brown (shades)
WATERMARK: Swastika
PERF: 14.
AVAILABILITY: Engraved sheets (10x10)
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

PLATE FLAWS

Michel 565 I: large 'h' in 'heim'

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

All stamps from here until the end of the page are from my collection